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7-—The occupier shall cause the slaughterhouse to be Cleansing,
thoroughly washed and cleansed within three hours after
the slaughtering is completed.
Cleansing receptacles.
8.—The occupier shall keep every covered and other
receptacle used in the slaughterhouse at all times thorougly
cleansed and purified, so as to avoid any offensive smell.
Removal of fat
hideb, &c.
9.—The occupier shall cause the fat of any cattle
slaughtered in a slaughterhouse to be kept freely exposed
to the air until the time of its removal from the premises,
and all such fat, as also all hides, skins, and tripes to be
removed from the premises within twenty-four hours after
the slaughtering is completed.
Putrid or offensive
articles.
10.—The occupier shall remove or cause to be removed
from the premises every carcase, bone, hide, skin, and all
meat, fat, offal, blood, garbage, and other articles, before
the same have become putrid or offensive.
Diseased Cattle.
11.—In case of any diseased cattle being brought to a
slaughterhouse the occupier shall forthwith give information
thereof to the Board, and to the Cattle Inspector for
the district, with all particulars in his knowledge as to
when, from whom, and from what place it was received.
Access.
12.—The occupier shall allow every member of the
Board, in addition to all other persons lawfully entitled
to admission, to have free access to the premises during
the time of slaughter, and at all reasonable hours.
Penalties.
13.—The occupier, if he neglect or omit to observe or
perform, or shall in any way break any one of the above
Bye-laws, shall be subject to a penalty of the sum of £3,
and in case of a continuing offence the sum of £1 for
every day during which such offence is continued after
a conviction for the first offence.
Suspension.
14.—Every court of summary Jurisdiction as defined
by the Slaughterhouses, &c., (Metropolis) Act, T874,
having Jurisdiction to hear and decide complaints of the
breach of these bye-laws, may, by Summary Order,
suspend or deprive any occupier of a slaughterhouse